Social Issues & Human Rights

Inequality, rights, welfare, discrimination, and public concerns.

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/ˈnɪɡɚ/ extremely offensive racial slur directed at a Black person; included for understanding historical texts, never as a neutral term M S

/ˈɔːr.fən.ɪdʒ/ a residential institution that houses and cares for children without parents or guardians M S

/ˈniɡroʊ/ dated and now generally offensive: a historical racial label for a Black person; retained in quotations and some historical institutional names M S

/ˈbɹɔθəl/ a building where prostitutes are available M S

prostitution C2

/ˌprɑː.stəˈtuː.ʃən/ the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for money or other payment M S

/ˈwɝkˌhaʊs/ historically in Britain, an institution where poor people received lodging and food in return for compulsory labor M S

/ˈskwɑlɚ/ a state of extreme dirtiness and unpleasant living conditions, often caused by neglect or poverty M S

/ˈfriːd.mən/ a man who has been released from slavery, especially when his legal status is distinguished from that of a freeborn person M S

/mʊˈlɑː.t̬oʊ/ offensive and dated: a historical racial label for a person of mixed Black and white ancestry, especially someone with one Black and one white parent M S

/ˈpʊrˌhaʊs/ historical: an institution maintained to house and support poor or homeless people, often under harsh conditions M S

abolitionist C2

/ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪst/ historical: a person who campaigned to end slavery, especially in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Atlantic world M S

/ˈfɹiːˌbɔɹn/ born free rather than into slavery or bondage M S

maltreatment C2

/mælˈtriːtmənt/ cruel, violent, neglectful, or otherwise harmful treatment of a person or animal M S

/ˈstɪɡ.mə.taɪz/ to describe or treat a person or group as shameful, disgraceful, or socially unacceptable M S

/ˈɑmzˌhaʊs/ a residence provided by a charity for poor, elderly, or disabled people, often in a historically endowed building M S

/ˈhɑɹlətri/ dated and disparaging: prostitution, or the practice of engaging in sex for payment M S

/ˈpɛd.ə.ɹæs.ti/ sexual relations between an adult man and an adolescent boy M S

/ɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ to give a person or group the legal right to vote M S

/ˈbɑːnd.mən/ historical: an enslaved man held in personal bondage M S

/ˌæn.ti.səˈmɪt.ɪk/ hostile, prejudiced, or discriminatory toward Jewish people M S

/ˌæn.t̬iˈsem.aɪt/ a person who is prejudiced against, hostile toward, or discriminatory toward Jewish people M S

/juːˈdʒen.ɪst/ historical: an advocate or practitioner of eugenics, the discredited program of attempting to control human reproduction according to supposed hereditary quality M S

disfranchise C2

/dɪsˈfræntʃaɪz/ to deprive a person or group of the right to vote or of another civil right M S

disenfranchise C2

/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈfɹæn.t͡ʃaɪz/ to take away someone's right to vote or another legal privilege M S

disenfranchisement C2

/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈfɹæn.tʃaɪzmənt/ the removal or denial of a person's or group's right to vote M S

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